Session 1: “Bulk Carrier Structural Defects and Inspection” by Ir Dick D C Kam

Bulk carriers play a vital role in international sea trade. In the past decades bulk carriers have become larger, carrying ever increasing tonnage of various bulk cargoes. The very nature of bulk cargoes and its handling makes bulk carriers exposed to various kinds of structural damage and inspection of hull structure became a mandatory requirement under international conventions. This presentation will give a brief introduction of bulk carrier structure, different kinds of structural defects found on bulk carriers and the inspection arrangements to identify them.  

Session 2: “Hong Kong – A Maritime Hub” by Mr Kaushik Roy

Hong Kong has every potential to match with the ‘hub’ concept. It is geographically well placed, with robust financial infrastructure, globally connected and gateway to the World for China – an economic powerhouse. In 2017, Hong Kong was World’s 7th largest trading economy and became second leading maritime centre. Autonomy, supportive government, vibrant city living, attractive tax system and good legal foundations made Hong Kong so attractive for the professionals. One Belt One Road project will enhance Hong Kong’s presence as maritime hub. The speaker will discuss past, present and future of Hong Kong as a maritime hub.

Session 3: Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship” by Mr Deling Wang

With the rapid development of technologies of artificial intelligence, information physical system, environmental information perception, satellite and communication, big data, remote control, fault diagnosis, etc., a great progress has been made in the Maritime Autonomous Surface Ship (MASS) in recent years. In the future, the wide application of MASS will certainly bring great changes to the shipping industry, and will in no doubt have a great impact on the seafarer post setting, seafarer demand, knowledge structure, seafarer education and training and so on. This project predicted the influence of MASS on the change of seafarers' post and quantity, navigation mode, knowledge structure, marine education and training development, and discipline arrangement by means of researching on the development of ship technology, statistics on seafarers' historical development, ship manning comparison, maritime laws and regulations, application of new ship technologies and psychological analysis.

Speakers

Ir Dick D C Kam, after graduated from Hong Kong University with Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, joined class society BUREAU VERITAS in 1991 as training surveyor. In the last 27 years, Mr. Kam has served various positions in Bureau Veritas including ship surveyor for new construction and in service ships, safety management auditor, operation manager and internal trainer for surveyors. Mr. Kam is currently General Manager of Bureau Veritas Hong Kong office. 

Mr Kaushik Roy is SHEQ Manager, DPA, CSO at CESM, from MOL, London. He has a wide range of experience, predominantly on tankers of LNG, LPG, Ethylene, product and crude oils. He has Joint Venture LNG ship management company start-up experience in a Chinese state-owned shipping project (APLNG). He brought world’s first Green Award to LNG vessel and operator. He was involved in Argentina, Indonesia and Japan’s 1st LNG STS operations & commissioning of Tianjin, Dhabol and Adriatic-LNG terminals. Kaushik is Fellow of the four esteemed professional institutions publishes articles, speaks & chairs seminars, participate in panel discussions.

Mr Deling Wang, master mariner/lecturer in Shanghai Maritime University, and part-time maritime lawyer in WINTELL&CO. He had been working at sea in OOCL and Maersk line fleet for nearly ten years. He is now also a PhD candidate majoring in Shipping Management and Law, research member of Shanghai Maritime University International Maritime Research Center (SMUIMRC), and technical officer of Maritime Technology Cooperation Center in Asia, which is authorized by IMO. He is mainly involved in the research of maritime conventions, maritime laws and regulations, undertaking some IMO training programs as a instructor, and participating many times in the writing of IMO proposals. He, as a maritime attorney, has also dealt with numerous cases of ship collision and seafarer related disputes.

Registration & Enquiries

This number of participants is limited to 50. Applications will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis. Attendance certificates will be provided.

For registration, please complete and return the online registration form.

For enquires, please contact Mr HO Wang Kit Reggie at email reggie.ho.wangkit@member.hkie.org.hk

Successful applicants will be notified by email.